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How to store 500 terabytes of data on a small but tough glass disc

Post Views: 302 Peter Kazansky has been working on something called five-dimensional, or 5D, data storage since 2014, and in October he and research partners announced that they’d cracked it: a new way to store large amounts of data on a disc the size of a CD, using a format that could boiled, baked, flooded,…

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Connected cars and smart vests could help make work zones safer

Post Views: 317 Audi is trying to do something about that problem. The automaker is one of many that are working to build a slew of new connected convenience and safety features into its upcoming cars. Doing that right means carrying out meticulous testing to make sure the tech works as well as it sounds—which…

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Deepfakes could help us relive history—or rewrite it

Post Views: 406 They produced a video in which young singers clad in period uniforms and carrying period weapons sang “Hareut,” an iconic song commemorating soldiers killed in combat. As they sing, the musicians stare at faded black-and-white photographs they hold. The young soldiers in the old pictures blink and smile back at them, thanks…

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Venmo and Amazon team up to streamline your checkout

Post Views: 353 “We understand our customers want options and flexibility in how they make purchases on Amazon,” Ben Volk, Amazon’s director of global payment acceptance, said in the release. “We’re excited to team-up with Venmo and give our customers the ability to pay by using their Venmo accounts, providing new ways to pay on…

Facebook is making a big change in how it serves ads

Post Views: 292 According to the Facebook for Business help center, detailed targeting allows organizations to “refine” the audience of users that Facebook shows their ads to based on demographics, interests, and behaviors. This follows another recent privacy-related change Meta made when it announced last week that it was deleting Facebook’s massive archive of user…